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Merger control
Case reference
Ccent/2023/77 - Ascendi IGI / EGI
Acquiring
Ardian France
Description
Integrated into the Ascendi group and, in turn, into the private equity company Ardian France. The Ascendi group manages motorway infrastructure assets and provides toll collection and operation and maintenance services.
Acquired
Elsamex Gestión de Infraestructuras, S.L.
Description
Parent company of the Spanish group EGI. It is mainly active in providing infrastructure services (e.g. conservation, maintenance and development), mainly for roads and motorways, and to a lesser extent for other buildings and service stations. In Portugal, it operates through the subsidiary Intevial ??Gestão Integral Rodoviária, S.A., mainly providing conservation, maintenance and construction services for road infrastructures operated by Infraestruturas de Portugal, S.A.
Sector
  • Transport & Infrastructure
Activity (NACE)
  • H5221 - Supporting activities  to land transportation
Applicable legislation
Art. 37(1)(c) (Law 19)
Notification thresholds
Turnover threshold
Type of merger
Horizontal
Cooperation with sector regulators
  • AMT - Mobility and Transport Authority
Status
Closed
Type of Investigation
Phase 1
AdC’s decision
Non-opposition
Case description

The concentration operation consists of the acquisition, by Ascendi, Inovação e Gestão de Infra-estruturas, S.A. ("Ascendi IGI"), of exclusive control over Elsamex Gestión de Infraestructuras, S.L. ("EGI").

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